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U.S. Senate seat, Louisiana (class 3)

37 members have held this seat since Jan 1, 1812. Now: John Kennedy R.

Holders
37
25 D · 6 R · 2 A · 2 W · 1 U · 1 AJ
Longest tenure
15 years
John Holmes Overton
Current
9.8 years
John Kennedy, since Jan 3, 2017
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18201840186018801900192019401960198020002020Allan Bowie Magruder · 1812-01-01 – 1813-03-04 · RepublicanEligius Fromentin · 1813-05-24 – 1819-03-04 · RepublicanJames Brown · 1819-12-06 – 1824-01-01 · RepublicanJosiah Stoddard Johnston · 1824-01-15 – 1825-03-04 · AdamsJosiah Stoddard Johnston · 1825-12-05 – 1831-03-04 · AdamsJosiah Stoddard Johnston · 1831-12-05 – 1833-05-20Alexander Porter · 1833-12-02 – 1837-03-04 · Anti-JacksonianAlexander Mouton · 1837-09-04 – 1843-03-04 · DemocratHenry Johnson · 1844-01-01 – 1849-03-04 · WhigPierre Soulé · 1849-12-03 – 1854-01-01 · DemocratJohn Slidell · 1855-12-03 – 1861-03-04 · DemocratWilliam Pitt Kellogg · 1868-01-01 – 1873-03-04 · RepublicanJames Biddle Eustis · 1876-01-01 – 1879-03-04 · DemocratBenjamin Franklin Jonas · 1879-03-18 – 1885-03-04 · DemocratJames Biddle Eustis · 1885-12-07 – 1891-03-04 · DemocratEdward Douglass White · 1891-12-07 – 1894-03-13 · DemocratSamuel Douglas McEnery · 1897-03-15 – 1903-03-04 · DemocratSamuel Douglas McEnery · 1903-11-09 – 1909-03-04 · DemocratSamuel Douglas McEnery · 1909-03-15 – 1910-06-29 · DemocratJohn Randolph Thornton · 1910-12-07 – 1915-03-04 · DemocratRobert Foligny Broussard · 1915-12-06 – 1918-04-13 · DemocratWalter Guion · 1918-04-22 – 1918-11-06 · DemocratEdward James Gay · 1918-11-06 – 1921-03-04 · DemocratEdwin Sidney Broussard · 1921-04-11 – 1927-03-05 · DemocratEdwin Sidney Broussard · 1927-12-05 – 1933-03-04 · DemocratJohn Holmes Overton · 1933-03-09 – 1948-05-15 · DemocratWilliam Crosson Feazel · 1948-05-18 – 1948-12-31 · DemocratRussell Billiu Long · 1948-12-31 – 1963-01-04 · DemocratRussell Billiu Long · 1963-01-09 – 1975-01-04 · DemocratRussell Billiu Long · 1975-01-14 – 1987-01-04 · DemocratJohn B. Breaux · 1987-01-06 – 1999-01-04 · DemocratJohn B. Breaux · 1999-01-06 – 2005-01-04 · DemocratDavid Vitter · 2005-01-04 – 2017-01-04 · RepublicanCharles Magill Conrad · 1842-01-01 – 1843-03-04 · WhigJohn Slidell · 1853-12-05 – 1855-03-04 · DemocratNewton Crain Blanchard · 1894-01-01 – 1897-03-04 · DemocratJohn Kennedy · 2017-01-03 – present · Republican
John Kennedy R
Jan 3, 2017 – present · 9.8 years
David Vitter R
Jan 4, 2005 – Jan 4, 2017 · 12 years
John B. Breaux D
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2005 · 6 years
John B. Breaux D
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1999 · 12 years
Russell Billiu Long D
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1987 · 12 years
Russell Billiu Long D
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1975 · 12 years
Russell Billiu Long D
Dec 31, 1948 – Jan 4, 1963 · 14 years
William Crosson Feazel D
May 18, 1948 – Dec 31, 1948 · 7 months
John Holmes Overton D
Mar 9, 1933 – May 15, 1948 · 15 years
Edwin Sidney Broussard D
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1933 · 5.2 years
Edwin Sidney Broussard D
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 5, 1927 · 5.9 years
Edward James Gay D
Nov 6, 1918 – Mar 4, 1921 · 2.3 years
Walter Guion D
Apr 22, 1918 – Nov 6, 1918 · 7 months
Robert Foligny Broussard D
Dec 6, 1915 – Apr 13, 1918 · 2.4 years
John Randolph Thornton D
Dec 7, 1910 – Mar 4, 1915 · 4.2 years
Samuel Douglas McEnery D
Mar 15, 1909 – Jun 29, 1910 · 15 months
Samuel Douglas McEnery D
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1909 · 5.3 years
Samuel Douglas McEnery D
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1903 · 6 years
Newton Crain Blanchard D
Jan 1, 1894 – Mar 4, 1897 · 3.2 years
Edward Douglass White D
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 13, 1894 · 2.3 years
James Biddle Eustis D
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1891 · 5.2 years
Benjamin Franklin Jonas D
Mar 18, 1879 – Mar 4, 1885 · 6 years
James Biddle Eustis D
Jan 1, 1876 – Mar 4, 1879 · 3.2 years
William Pitt Kellogg R
Jan 1, 1868 – Mar 4, 1873 · 5.2 years
John Slidell D
Dec 3, 1855 – Mar 4, 1861 · 5.3 years
John Slidell D
Dec 5, 1853 – Mar 4, 1855 · 15 months
Pierre Soulé D
Dec 3, 1849 – Jan 1, 1854 · 4.1 years
Henry Johnson W
Jan 1, 1844 – Mar 4, 1849 · 5.2 years
Charles Magill Conrad W
Jan 1, 1842 – Mar 4, 1843 · 14 months
Alexander Mouton D
Sep 4, 1837 – Mar 4, 1843 · 5.5 years
Alexander Porter AJ
Dec 2, 1833 – Mar 4, 1837 · 3.3 years
Josiah Stoddard Johnston
Dec 5, 1831 – May 20, 1833 · 17 months
Josiah Stoddard Johnston A
Dec 5, 1825 – Mar 4, 1831 · 5.2 years
Josiah Stoddard Johnston A
Jan 15, 1824 – Mar 4, 1825 · 14 months
James Brown R
Dec 6, 1819 – Jan 1, 1824 · 4.1 years
Eligius Fromentin R
May 24, 1813 – Mar 4, 1819 · 5.8 years
Allan Bowie Magruder R
Jan 1, 1812 – Mar 4, 1813 · 14 months

Dates are from the @unitedstates congress-legislators project. Consecutive terms of one person are merged.